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Backpacker Magazine
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Activity:
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Hiking
ActivitySearchHiking
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California (CA)
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Distance:
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8.8 mi
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Difficulty:
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8 / 10
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Rating:
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Unrated
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TO TRAILHEAD: CA 101 N to Thousand Oaks; exit S on Wendy Dr. for 2.3 mi, turn R on Lynn Rd., go 1.3 mi. then L into parking area at Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa Museum entrance.
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STP01
| Dist: 4.49 mi |
Points: 1081 |
Calories: none |
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Speed: 0.0 mph |
Pace: 0:00 / mi |
Satwiwa Track
Cabin Site
Location: 34.135365°, -118.951881°
Pick up user trail to the L of the fireplace ruins and enter trees. ©Ted Warfield
Camarillo Plain
Location: 34.125839°, -118.948692°
A dotted landscape among the foothills. ©Ted Warfield
Danielson Monument
Location: 34.135326°, -118.951958°
Oak grove and monument dedicated to Richard Danielson, last private landowner and farmer in Rancho Sierra Vista. ©Ted Warfield
Santa Monica Mountains
Location: 34.125954°, -118.948997°
©Ted Warfield
Sentinel Rocks
Location: 34.125233°, -118.948769°
©Ted Warfield
Switchback View
Location: 34.140488°, -118.954117°
©Ted Warfield
Topa Topa Mountains
Location: 34.133392°, -118.946831°
©Ted Warfield
Topa Topa Mountains from a distance
Location: 34.133507°, -118.946754°
©Ted Warfield
STP001
Location: 34.153351°, -118.965897°
Hop on Ranch Overlook Trail S
STP002
Location: 34.150040°, -118.961800°
Cross Big Sycamore Canyon Trail, then R @ Y onto Satwiwa Loop Trail
STP003
Location: 34.145531°, -118.958603°
Straight @ 4-way on path marked "Waterfall" that leads up the steeps of Rancho Sierra Vista
STP004
Location: 34.145168°, -118.956802°
Keep R @ Y on Waterfall Trail
STP005
Location: 34.142509°, -118.951401°
L @ T into Little Sycamore Canyon; cross seasonal creek with silver lupine, giant orange-yellow Humboldt lilies
STP006
Location: 34.141090°, -118.948601°
Waterfall junction: Head R uphill on Monument Trail. On return trip, go R for .1-mile spur to a waterfall with refreshing pools for a quick dip (seasonal)
STP007
Location: 34.140530°, -118.954498°
Switchbacks with N views of San Bernardino Mtns.
STP008
Location: 34.138641°, -118.951401°
L @ T, heading S on unmarked Monument Trail into steep gully
STP009
Location: 34.135609°, -118.951897°
Oak grove and monument dedicated to Richard Danielson, last private landowner and farmer in Rancho Sierra Vista; pick up user trail to the L of the fireplace ruins and enter trees; 500-ft. ascent ahead
STP010
Location: 34.133362°, -118.947197°
Climb reveals over-shoulder views of crinkled foothills of Topa Topa Mountains; sandstone spires tower ahead
STP011
Location: 34.126808°, -118.948303°
Anthropologists speculate that this undercut in sandstone cliff is an old Chumash sleeping cave
STP012
Location: 34.125271°, -118.949799°
Tri Peaks summit (3,010 ft.): Fog often obscures Pacific horizon dotted by Channel Islands NP and Catalina Island. Return to WPT 6 for swim, then car
